On 17/09/2013 11:49, Grant wrote: >>>>> Is the Gentoo Software RAID + LVM guide the best place for RAID >>>>> install info if I'm not using LVM and I'll have a hardware RAID >>>>> controller? >>>> >>>> Not ready to take the ZFS plunge? That would greatly reduce the complexity >>>> of RAID+LVM, since ZFS best practice is to set your hardware raid >>>> controller >>>> to JBOD mode and let ZFS take care of the RAID - and no LVM required (ZFS >>>> has mucho better tools). That is my next big project for when I switch to >>>> my >>>> next new server. >>>> >>>> I'm just hoping I can get comfortable with a process for getting ZFS >>>> compiled into the kernel that is workable/tenable for ongoing kernel >>>> updates >>>> (with minimal fear of breaking things due to a complex/fragile >>>> methodology)... >>> >>> Can't you just emerge zfs-kmod? Or maybe you're trying to do it >>> without module support? >> >> @tanstaafl's kernels have no module support. > > OK, but why exclude module support?
Noooooooooo, please for the love of god and all that's holy, let's not go there again :-) taanstafl has his reasons for using fully monolithic kernels without module support. This works for him and nothing will dissuade him from this strategy - we tried, we really did. He won. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
